1. TOPIC 8 WORKSHEET PRESUPPOSITION & ENTAILMENT

Identify the presuppositions and specify their type; underline

the triggers : We imagined we got a sobresaliente in all the subjects.

imagined

NON-FACTIVE (we didn’t get a

sobresaliente)

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the triggers :When did the Dean decide to give more money to English Philology?

When

STRUCTURAL The

Dean gave more money…

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the triggers : The first term exam was easy.

The

EXISTENTIAL there was a first exam

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the triggers :We were glad that the teacher did not come to class

We were glad

FACTIVE The teacher didn’t come to

class

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the triggers :If you had studied, you might have passed.

If / might

COUNTERFACTUAL You didn’t study, you didn’t

pass

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the triggers :When Alvarez-Cascos made his famous remarks, some women parliamentarians started

complaining about asymmetrical representation of women in Spanish society

When / started

STRUCTURAL

AND LEXICAL: AC made his remarks and they started complaining; they were not complaining

before

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the triggers :Which student was telling the truth?

Which

STRUCTURAL One student was telling the truth

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the triggers :They managed to get a job.

managed

LEXICAL They tried and succeeded

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the triggers :How fast was Mr. Smith's car going when it ran the red light at the corner of Orchard and Main

streets?

How fast / when

STRUCTURAL Mr Smith’s car was running fast and it ran the red light